Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
08-20-2012 19:23
Japanese encephalitis mosquitoes prevalent
By Yun Suh-young
A recent report shows the Japanese encephalitis virus, which has a fatality rate of 20 to 30 percent if caught, is active across the nation.
The number of mosquitoes spreading the virus has increased greatly this year, requiring travelers to be cautioned about the risk.
According to a report by the Korea National Institute of Health on the activity of the virus in Korea in 2011, in the serum of pigs surveyed by the Public Health and Environment Research Institute from July to October last year, 23.8 percent of them showed a positive antibody reaction to the virus. The surveyed regions were South and North Chungcheong, Jeolla, Gyeongsang and Gangwon Provinces.
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Last year, three people were diagnosed with Japanese encephalitis out of the 540 cases examined. One was an incoming foreigner from Thailand and the other two were from South Chungcheong Province.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of the virus-carrying mosquitoes collected until July this year was 2.4 times that of those collected last year.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/08/117_117789.html
Japanese encephalitis mosquitoes prevalent
By Yun Suh-young
A recent report shows the Japanese encephalitis virus, which has a fatality rate of 20 to 30 percent if caught, is active across the nation.
The number of mosquitoes spreading the virus has increased greatly this year, requiring travelers to be cautioned about the risk.
According to a report by the Korea National Institute of Health on the activity of the virus in Korea in 2011, in the serum of pigs surveyed by the Public Health and Environment Research Institute from July to October last year, 23.8 percent of them showed a positive antibody reaction to the virus. The surveyed regions were South and North Chungcheong, Jeolla, Gyeongsang and Gangwon Provinces.
...
Last year, three people were diagnosed with Japanese encephalitis out of the 540 cases examined. One was an incoming foreigner from Thailand and the other two were from South Chungcheong Province.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of the virus-carrying mosquitoes collected until July this year was 2.4 times that of those collected last year.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/08/117_117789.html